Oregon nurses union says largest health care worker strike in state ...
Dec 5, 2024 · Nurses and other health care workers along with their supporters took to the picket lines outside Providence Portland Medical Center in June 2023 as the state’s largest nurses union called a five-day strike.JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT
Kitzhaber sounds alarm over proposed takeover of Legacy Health …
Nov 7, 2024 · This article has been updated with additional comment from Oregon Health & Science University. One of the most influential voices in Oregon health care, former Gov. John Kitzhaber, has gone public with concerns that the proposed takeover of Legacy Health hospitals and clinics by Oregon Health & Science University “raises more questions than answers.”
Analysis: Six things to know about the big CareOregon merger
Jan 16, 2024 · This article has been updated to incorporate additional reporting. State officials on Jan. 17 are scheduled to make Oregon health care history when they issue a recommendation on whether to approve the merger of CareOregon — a Portland-based nonprofit that provides care to 500,000 low-income people — into a California-based entity known as SCAN Group.
Big drug middlemen sue to stop federal antitrust action
The three largest pharmacy benefit managers — or PBMs — last week went to court to quash a suit by the Federal Trade Commission over their pricing practices regarding the diabetes drug insulin. The three PBMs — CVS Caremark, OptumRx and …
Q&A: Star researcher Brian Druker says OHSU has lost its way
In a heavy blow to Oregon Health & Science University, internationally renowned cancer biologist Dr. Brian Druker has stepped down as CEO of Knight Cancer Institute while taking his concerns public that the university has “lost sight of what is crucial and forgotten our mission.” Druker, in a Dec. 3 email to university leadership and staff at the institute, wrote that he made the decision ...
Federal judge turns up heat on Oregon Health Authority, Kotek
Nov 21, 2024 · This article has been updated to include additional reporting. More than two decades after federal court oversight began of the psychiatric institution known as Oregon State Hospital, a new judge is exerting pressure of a kind that hasn’t been seen in years, observers say.
Nursing homes fell behind on vaccinating patients for COVID
Dec 4, 2024 · Last winter, only 4 in 10 nursing home residents got an updated COVID vaccine. The low uptake leaves a fragile population vulnerable. Some industry watchdogs say it could be a sign of eroding trust between nursing home residents and providers.
Salem Health denies unsavory tactics in cardiology care battle
Nov 26, 2024 · A battle over cardiac care in the mid-Willamette Valley is heating up, with Salem Health asking a judge to throw out an independent cardiology clinic’s $15 million lawsuit accusing the health system of illegally attempting to monopolize the market.
OHSU study sheds light on the role housing and other needs play …
Dec 3, 2024 · Housing and food insecurity sharply increased in Oregon among Medicaid and Medicare recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic, even amid a moratorium on evictions and increased government support for nutrition.
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